Life with The Lunning's: A Fabulous Easter!

We had Easter at our house this year, and it couldn't have been more fun. Tyler was awake promptly at 6:00 a.m. and was insistent on dragging us downstairs immediately so that he could show us what The Easter Bunny brought for he and Connor (who, oblivious to the phenomenon that is the E.B., slept until 7:00). Since we had to be at church by 7:45 (early risers = early service!), we convinced Tyler to wait until we got home to open up his goodies. After church, I took the boys to get donuts (Dave had to stay for the second service as well--he plays for the church band), then headed home. By the time Dave arrived, Tyler was chomping at the bit to tear into his basket. He was very excited about his new Clone Wars figure, Clone Wars PJ's, matchbox cars, and Clone Wars kite (do you see a theme here?). Oh, and once he realized that "basket" was actually a Clone Wars tin bucket, that was the icing on the cake for him. :) Connor liked his Elmo basket and was excited to take the wrapping off--and once he saw his pack of matchbox cars, the rest of the goodies in his basket got the cold shoulder.

Our next activity was egg-dyeing and I can honestly say that I've never seen a child get so into it as Connor did. He giggled almost the entire time and was completely mesmerized by the whole process. He kept peering over into the coffee mugs to make sure the eggs were still in there and totally loved all of the colors. Tyler had a good time with his Clone Wars egg-decorating kit, which came with cool wrap-arounds and a little stand/decals to make a TIE fighter, which he thought was awesome. My sis, Kayla, was in command of this activity and she had a blast with her nephews! :)

Next, it was time for lunch, egg hunting (our 5th and final one of the season--I think), and more basket-opening. My mom, step-dad Scott, his mom Elnora, and son David, came over to celebrate the day with us. After we ate a ton of yummy food, the guys hid about 50 eggs in our backyard and the boys had a lot of fun finding them (yet another activity that involved a lot of laughs from Connor). There are still two hardboiled eggs that are MIA and I've done at least two sweeps of the entire backyard, with no luck. Oh well, I guess Dave will find them when he mows the yard next weekend!

The boys enjoyed opening up their baskets from Uncle Aaron/Aunt Kay-Kay and Mama Neanie/Papa Scott. Then, when Dave's parents arrived home from Chicago that evening, they stopped by for a few minutes, and Tyler opened up his basket from them. It's been an exhausting weekend, but we wouldn't change a thing about it!

The Lunning Family standing in front of the Easter Cross at church.

Tyler's letter to the Easter Bunny (his teacher wrote the actual letters for the kids). I personally like the last sentence. :)

He brought everything that they wanted!

And then some. :)

Easter basket fun

Time to dye eggs!

Tyler was very proud of the TIE fighter that he made.

It started out as serious business for Connor.....

but then he found out how much fun egg-dyeing can REALLY be, thanks to Aunt Kay-Kay!

Look! That one has my name on it!

The fun continues.

Random shots of the fam

The kiddos and some of their baskets. Ava's is from us and the boys are pictured with their baskets from Mama Neanie and Papa Scott.

Mama Jeanie and her boys

My VERY sweet niece, Ava. Our family has been blessed with another smiley baby!

Mama Neanie and Papa Scott with the grands.

Tyler is holding his basket from Aunt Kay-Kay/Uncle Aaron; Dave and I are posing with Ava, who is holding on tight to her basket in the next photo; Tyler was excited BEYOND WORDS that Mama Neanie found Ahsoka (from "Star Wars: Clone Wars") for him. We've been looking for her for months (literally)--you have no idea how glad I am that we don't have to continue driving to Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Toys R Us, etc over and over again searching for her!